In 2009, the Indianapolis-based website Hoosier Beer Geek held Tailgate for Nothing, a beer and food sharing event. The concept was simple: pick a parking lot, invite friends, and share beer and food. Usually, tailgating is reserved as a precursor to another event. At Tailgate for Nothing, the tailgating is the event.
Hoosier Beer Geek has been great friends with the Big Car Collaborative since 2006, and we want to celebrate Big Car's new The Tube Factory. So on Saturday, November 7, 2015 from 11am to 5pm, we will be tailgating in Big Car's parking lot at 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis near Garfield Park.
We are taking donations for Big Car, a 501c3 nonprofit arts organization. The funds will be used to renovate The Tub Factory building. You can reserve your tailgating spot by making an online donation. The minimum donation is $10 per car. You can check out the fun of previous Tailgates at Hoosier Beer Geek.
Here are the ground rules for the event and some tips for you if you're going to attend:
- Weather. We all know that the weather in Indiana is unpredictable. Therefore, regardless of Saturday's weather forecast, we recommend that you bring a canopy if you have one in case the weather decides not to cooperate. Here's hoping that we have sunny skies and decent temperatures.
- Victuals. We don't have many rules for this thing, but one rule we expect everyone to follow is this: Please bring beer and food to share. The beer and food don't have to be anything super-rare or of gourmet quality. Just bring something tasty. Don't be a freeloader.
- Courtesy. Please pick up your trash before you leave. Our friends at Big Car are doing us a big favor by letting us hold Tailgate for Nothing at their place. Therefore, please return their kindness by not leaving a mess behind. Trash bins will be provided to make the job easier.
- I gotta pee. The Tube Factory has functional restrooms. When you go in to return the beer, you can see the progress inside. But stay on the path.
We hope that you'll come out and enjoy a day of beer-sharing and food-sharing with us!
To summarize:
Tailgate for Nothing
At Big Car's The Tube Factory
1125 Cruft Street
Saturday, November 7, 2015
11am to 5pm
Online reservations via donations at https://www.gofundme.com/sk72hg2k
Here's how I see it. I, like 80% of all bloggers, killed our online diaries around 2009 when we got distracted by a shiney new thing called Facebook that didn't require nearly as much effort.
ReplyDeleteBut you guys (and gals) kept on keepin on and blogin the good blog as the world changed around you. You guys popped onto the scene as homebrews were turning into microbrews. You saw the microbrews turn into megabrews. And you saw hipsters ruin it all.
Then somewhere between 2010 and today, blogs became unusually cool again. The only logical reason I can surmise is that HBG's blog is the unsung saviour of the blogosphere. You proved that blogs can build bridges between classes, transcend age and sex and even find a place for people with really poor taste in clothing. It's basically everything the internet was built for.
So my hats off to you, HBG. May your mug be eternally full and your friends never far from hand.